Join Painted Bride Quarterly on Thursday, 10/20, at 7:00 p.m. for a Slam session! This month we present Fred Siegel, a certified magic man, and host Steven Volk, a man who should be certified! The audience provides both the entertainment and the judging; PBQ provides prizes, and as always, the P & P serves up […]
News & Events
PBQ @ Poetry Tent!
Come visit us this weekend at the Poetry Tent at Collingswood’s Book Festival, 10/1/22. The festival begins at 10:00 a.m. We’ll be hanging out at the tent most of the day, and hosting an Open Mic at 3:30!
PBQ @ AWP!
Join us at the RHP PBQ Writer’s Room House Party! March 25th @ 6 PM. Readers, wine, and a sunset! Stay tuned for more details!
PBQ Poet’s Publishing Premier: Carlos Andrés Gómez’s Fractures
We’re so happy to share the news that today, Carlos Andres Gomez’s debut full-length poetry collection, Fractures, is released under the University of Wisconsin Press! Head to UWP to order a copy today! While you wait for your copy of Fractures, give a listen to Episode 6 of the Slush Pile, the editorial meeting that […]
Issue 100 Has Arrived!
We are very excited to announce that Painted Bride Quarterly Issue 100 is here! Check out our latest batch of fiction and poetry.
Temporarily Closing Submissions
PBQ has made the decision to close for general submissions from August to September. We’ll be spending these two months on reading and responding to our backlog, as well as reading for our special issues, #102 Touch and #103 Gestation and Change. When we open for submissions in October, we will be able to respond […]
PBQ presents: Slam Bam Reboot
What Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slam, Bam, Thank you, Mam is a highly warped interactive writing game. This month, comedian Nicole Phoenix will open, Steve Volk will host, and we cannot predict the rest! (Plus—prizes!) We lead the event but the audience is in charge of: writing prompts, performance, and ultimate judgement. The writing produced can […]
Storytelling in a Box with Neil Bardhan at Writers Room
In this workshop Neil Bardhan, Applied Storytelling Manager and Archivist at First Person Arts, will lead participants in discussions and exercises that focus on crafting and sharing their own narratives, providing the tools and resources to learn how to build a true personal story with authenticity and impact. When Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 6–7.30 PM […]
Reading & Slam, All For One Book! – Feb 10 @ the Black Sheep
What: Painted Bride Quarterly will host a reading and a round of our Improv Slam on February 10 in collaboration with One Book, One Philadelphia! Come hear Alina Pleskova, Raena Shirali and David Acosta at the Black Sheep Pub at 7:30! Learn more about this year’s book, There, There at https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/onebook/ Let us know you’ll […]
PBQ Slam Bam Reeeeboooot!
What: The Painted Bride Quarterly Slam is back in 2020! Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slam, Bam, Thank you, Ma’am is a highly warped interactive writing game. We lead the event but the audience is in charge of: writing prompts, performance, and ultimate judgement. The writing produced can levitate to literary heights and degenerate into absolute raunch, […]